Thanks for all the advice/help on my previous posts (Both public and private)
I still have some lingering questions. I feel like I am missing something here.
I now understand that wet sleeved engines are cheaper to rebuild than the dry sleeved ones.
Most diesels seem to have a projected life of about 500K miles
And putting $8,000-$12,000 to rebuild or replace and engine in a 5+ year old truck may be economically unsound. Got that.
Significant possibility of problems w/Cat 3126, got that.
But... if it costs about $4,000 to rebuild an International DT 466 in a International 4300. Which is a nice truck with a nice cab
(and International has 25% market share in medium trucks, lots of dealers parts etc.,)
And... it costs between $7,000 and $10,000 to rebuild a Cummins ISC 8.3 (Local Cummins shop quote) Transmissions being equal, initial cost on the two trucks pretty close...49,500-53,000
Why can I buy several 2002 International 4300's 26,000 GVW 190HP Auto 50-75k miles for $30,000
And for $30,000 I am looking at 1999 Kenworth T300's 26,000 GVW with a Cummins and at least 100+K miles???
( and Kenworth and Peterbuilt combined have 9.5% medium truck market share)
One last comment, I have been watching, and it looks to me like Sterling is taking internationals lunch in the new class 7 straight truck market, the older trucks are mostly IHC 47-4800s But in newer trucks on the road I see a lot more Sterlings than IHC's Most of the New IHC's seem to be class 6.,
Is Sterling worth looking at?
Thanks
I still have some lingering questions. I feel like I am missing something here.
I now understand that wet sleeved engines are cheaper to rebuild than the dry sleeved ones.
Most diesels seem to have a projected life of about 500K miles
And putting $8,000-$12,000 to rebuild or replace and engine in a 5+ year old truck may be economically unsound. Got that.
Significant possibility of problems w/Cat 3126, got that.
But... if it costs about $4,000 to rebuild an International DT 466 in a International 4300. Which is a nice truck with a nice cab
(and International has 25% market share in medium trucks, lots of dealers parts etc.,)
And... it costs between $7,000 and $10,000 to rebuild a Cummins ISC 8.3 (Local Cummins shop quote) Transmissions being equal, initial cost on the two trucks pretty close...49,500-53,000
Why can I buy several 2002 International 4300's 26,000 GVW 190HP Auto 50-75k miles for $30,000
And for $30,000 I am looking at 1999 Kenworth T300's 26,000 GVW with a Cummins and at least 100+K miles???
( and Kenworth and Peterbuilt combined have 9.5% medium truck market share)
One last comment, I have been watching, and it looks to me like Sterling is taking internationals lunch in the new class 7 straight truck market, the older trucks are mostly IHC 47-4800s But in newer trucks on the road I see a lot more Sterlings than IHC's Most of the New IHC's seem to be class 6.,
Is Sterling worth looking at?
Thanks